2025/2117(INI)AFET

Recommendation on EU-China political relations

Recommendation for the Council, the Commission and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on EU-China political relations

Stage: Committee stage, reached 22 Oct 2025
Procedure: Own-initiative report
Rapporteur: Hilde Vautmans (Renew)
Last activity: 24 Nov 2025

3 entries · record as of 14 Sept 2026

Where it stands

Latest: Committee amendments tabled, 24 Nov 2025.

19 Jun 2025
- Referred to committee
22 Oct 2025
- Committee report tabled
24 Nov 2025
- Committee amendments tabled

7 people

Who is on it

The Parliament's rapporteurs, shadow rapporteurs and opinion rapporteurs currently on this file.

Role	Name	Group	Country	Committee
Rapporteur	Hilde Vautmans	Renew	BE	AFET
Shadow rapporteur	Danilo della Valle	The Left	IT	AFET
Shadow rapporteur	Hermann Tertsch	PfE	ES	AFET
Shadow rapporteur	Lucia Annunziata	S&D	IT	AFET
Shadow rapporteur	Nicolás Pascual de la Parte	EPP	ES	AFET
Shadow rapporteur	Sebastian Tynkkynen	ECR	FI	AFET
Shadow rapporteur	Ville Niinistö	Greens/EFA	FI	AFET

416 amendments

Amendments

Tabled on 24 Nov 2025. The texts are in the amendment documents below.

By committee

AFET416

By author

Petras Auštrevičius52
Marie-Agnes STRACK-ZIMMERMANN50
Nacho Sánchez Amor43
Danilo della Valle38
Dan Barna37
Javi López36
Lucia Annunziata36
Miriam Lexmann36
Rasa Juknevičienė36
Hana Jalloul Muro35

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Mika Aaltola35
Engin Eroglu32
Mariusz Kamiński32
Małgorzata Gosiewska32
Danuše Nerudová29
Jan Farský29
Tomáš Zdechovský29
Lucia Yar28
Yannis Maniatis28
António Tânger Corrêa27
Silvia Sardone27
Nathalie Loiseau26
Sebastian Tynkkynen25
Francisco José Millán Mon23
Gabriel Mato23
Urmas Paet23
Hermann Tertsch22
Jorge Martín Frías18
Ville Niinistö · Verts/ALE18
Roberto Vannacci16

Amendments each member tabled or co-signed.

By article

Paragraph 1 – point f17
Paragraph 1 – point c16
Paragraph 1 – point e16
Paragraph 1 – point h16
Paragraph 1 – point i15
Paragraph 1 – point d14
Recital A14
Paragraph 1 – point b13
Recital C13
Paragraph 1 – point g12

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Recital D12
Paragraph 1 – point a11
Recital B10
Recital E10
Paragraph 1 – point i a (new)9
Paragraph 29
Recital G9
Recital H8
Recital H a (new)8
Recital C a (new)7
Recital E a (new)7
Recital F6
Recital I6
Citation 2 a (new)5
Paragraph 1 – point h a (new)5
Recital A a (new)5
Recital D a (new)5
Recital G a (new)5
Recital I a (new)5
Paragraph 1 – point d a (new)4

Covers 292 of the 416 amendments.

3 documents

Documents

Newest first. Each opens at its source.

Summary

Generated

The Foreign Affairs Committee tabled a report recommending a strategic overhaul of EU-China political relations, urging the Council and Commission to adopt a more assertive, coordinated approach balancing engagement with de-risking. It affects EU foreign policy institutions, member states, and trade, technology, and security stakeholders.

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